'''Hildor''' was one of the many names among the [[Elves]] for the race of [[Men]], meaning "The Followers" or "The Aftercomers".

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'''Hildor''' was one of the many names among the [[Elves]] for the race of [[Men]], meaning "the Followers" or "the Aftercomers".<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref><ref name=WJ>{{WJ|AA}}, pp. 386-7</ref>

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==Etymology==

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''Hildor'' is a [[Quenya]] word, and contains an influence from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[KHILI]] ("follow").<ref name=WJ/> In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], and in the manuscript ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 17|Words Phrases and Passages]]'', appears the Quenya form '''''hildi''''' ("followers = mortal men"; "after-comers"), derived from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[KHILI#Other versions|KHIL-]].<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 364</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 101, 103</ref>

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[[Helge Fauskanger]] has suggested that the unattested singular form of plural ''Hildor'' should be ''Hildo''.<ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm Quettaparma Quenyallo]" at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 16 June 2011)</ref>

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==See also==

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*[[Hildórien]]

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Hildor was one of the many names among the Elves for the race of Men, meaning "the Followers" or "the Aftercomers".[1][2]